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TCG Letter #433 / Carpenter Letter #340

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Christopher Tolkien

Date

11 July 1972

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien writes to Christopher about Edith, her headstone, his thoughts of her as Lúthien and a visit to GA&U's headquarters.

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Edith

Family

The Lay of Beren and Luthien

Valar

The Silmarillion

Middle-earth

Tolkien family

References

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 420-1

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 589-91

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 599-600

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), pp. 107-8 (entry for '?Early June 1917'), 803

J.R.R. Tolkien: Life and Legend, p. 85 (see item 250)

J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350

Beren and Lúthien, p. 17

Tolkien Estate where this letter can be read freely.

The Story of Kullervo, p. 157

The Great Tales of Middle-Earth (US Boxset) (2018)

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